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Re:McKinsey Advised Johnson and Johnson on Increasing Opioid... by cj on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:48PM (#20530589)
> I think society would benefit immensely from banning the advertising of drugs.

This is already the case in many places outside the USA (Canada, Europe, Brazil, Hong Kong).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-consumer_advertising

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Re:McKinsey Advised Johnson and Johnson on Increasing Opioid... by markdown on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:31PM (#20530903)
I believe the list is shorter if you make it about which countries allow direct-to-consumer advertising:

USA, New Zealand.

That's it.

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Re:McKinsey Advised Johnson and Johnson on Increasing Opioid... by lancewiggs on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:48PM (#20532218)
Indeed. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in New Zealand has a code of practice for Therapeutic and Health Advertising (below). My father was running the ASA when this came in, and NZ and the USA were the only 2 countries with D2C ads for pharmaceuticals.

The advertising amount and impact in NZ is a lot lower than in the US as our healthcare system is largely public (government funded) with a single buyer (Pharmac) of pharmaceuticals that exercises considerable pricing power, and is unafraid to change brands. Most of us go to the doctor and take what is prescribed.

https://www.asa.co.nz/codes/codes/therapeutic-and-health-adv...

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Re:McKinsey Advised Johnson and Johnson on Increasing Opioid... by robocat on Friday July 26, 2019 @04:48AM (#20533336)
The marketing is dispicable in NZ.

For example, I loath that they advertise paracetamol (acetaminophen) as "better for the stomach" directly targeting Aspirin and other NSAIDS. No mention of how many peoples livers get permanently fucked by paracetamol.

Unfortunately the advertising propaganda is successful, and people avoid safe drugs that have side effects that can be managed. Evil.

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Re:McKinsey Advised Johnson and Johnson on Increasing Opioid... by vonmoltke on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:18PM (#20530824)
GP is talking about all drugs, not just prescription drugs.
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